BDRC recognizes World Food Day 2008

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00Please click here for a more detailed list of recent publications specifically relevant for food security.

ooo Some recent publications readily available on the internet:

Aksoy, M. Ataman and Aylin Isik-Dikmelik (2008) | Are Low Food Prices Pro-Poor? Net Food Buyers and
Sellers in Low-Income Countries | Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper,
WPS4642 (June); http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900sid/asin-7falp3/$file/world%20bank_are%20low%
20food%20prices%20pro-poor.pdf?openelement.

Asaduzzaman, Md. (2008) | The Long and Short of Food Security in Bangladesh | Dhaka, Bangladesh:
UNDP Bangladesh, Policy Dialogue, No. 34 (13 May); http://www.undp.org.bd/library/policypapers/The%
20Long%20and%20Short%20of%20Food%20Security%20.pdf.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2008) | Proposed Loan and Technical Assistance Grant -- People's
Republic of Bangladesh: Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project | Manila, The Philippines: Asian
Development Bank (ADB), Report and Recommendation of the President, Project No. 42166 (July); http:
//www.adb.org/Documents/RRPs/BAN/42166-BAN-RRP.pdf.

del Ninno, Carlo; Paul A. Dorosh; and Kalanidhi Subbarao (2007) | Food aid, domestic policy and food
security: Contrasting experiences from South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa | Food Policy, Vol. 32, No. 4,
pp. 413-435; http://www.livelihoods.org/hot_topics/docs/Ninno%20Dorosh%20Subbarao.pdf.

Devarajan, Shantayanan (2008) Commentary on World Food Prices: Shantayanan Devarajan, World
Bank Chief Economist for South Asia talks about the impact of high food prices on Bangladesh and policy
implications; see: http://go.worldbank.org/H800U5XON0.

Fang, Cheng; James Breen; Benjamin Badjeck; Michael Sheinkman; and John McHarris (2008) |
FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Bangladesh | Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nation and World Food Programme (August); http://documents.wfp.
org/stellent/groups/public/documents/liaison_offices/wfp188725.pdf.

Hussain, Sk. Guhlam (2008) | Assessing Impacts of Climate Change on Cereal Production and Food
Security in Bangladesh | Presentation made at the International Symposium on Climate Change and Food
Security in South Asia in Dhaka (August 25-29); http://www.wamis.org/agm/meetings/rsama08/Bari102-
Hussain_Ag-Food-Security.pdf.

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and USAID Mission to Bangladesh (2007) |
Food security in Bangladesh: improving wheat, maize and papaya production, and impacts of arsenic
contamination | Washington, DC, USA: United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
USAID grant number 388-G-00-02-00070-00: final program performance report for the period July 2002
to June 2007; http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACK219.pdf.

Mazhar, Farhad (2008) | Nayakrishi Experience: Addressing Food Crisis through Biodiversity-based
Ecological Production Systems | Dhaka, Bangladesh: UNDP Bangladesh, Policy Dialogue, No. 36 (July 8).
http://www.undp.org.bd/library/policypapers/Keynote%20paper.pdf.

Nasreen, Mahbuba (2008) | Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Bangladesh: Gender and
Disaster Perspectives | Presentation made at the International Symposium on Climate Change and Food
Security in South Asia in Dhaka (August 25-29); http://www.wamis.org/agm/meetings/rsama08/S203-
Nasreen-Bangladesh.pdf.

Razzaque, Mohammad A. and Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique (2007) | Does Women’s Status
Matter for Food Security? Evidence from Bangladesh | Helsinki, Finland: United Nations University (UNU) /
World Institute for Development Economics Research, WIDER Research Paper, No. 2007/79 (November);
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2007/en_GB/rp2007-79/.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2007) | Food Safety and
Environmental Requirements in Export Markets - Friend or Foe for Producers of Fruit and Vegetables in
Asian Developing Countries? | Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD); http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ditcted20068_en.pdf.

World Bank (2008) | Bangladesh - Food Crisis Development Support Credit Project | Washington, DC,
USA: World Bank, Report No. AB4128 (Project Information Document, August); http://go.worldbank.
org/SCB4JQ36Y0.

Yusuf, Harun K. M.; Subash Dasgupta; and M. A. Halim Khan (2008) | Climate Change: An Emerging
Threat to Agriculture and Food Security in Bangladesh | Presentation made at the International
Symposium on Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia in Dhaka (August 25-29); http://www.
wamis.org/agm/meetings/rsama08/Bari101-Yusuf-Climate-Change.pdf.

Publications of the Moment

Recognizing
World Food Day (October 16)
the BDRC provides new publications related to
food security and Bangladesh